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• s  temperamentally disinclined to talk
• s  cool and formal in manner
• s  reluctant to draw attention to yourself

• A reticent young man with a genuine talent in music, he is heir to the throne of Bollywood's music kingdom.
• Paul Johnson: She is a little reticent about that.
• His drumbeat advocacy prompted the usually reticent State Family Planning Commission to call for the arrest of any officials who break the law.

• untalkative
• restrained
• unemotional
• self-effacing
• retiring

News & Articles

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• Dunkin' Donuts: Workers who endured racist rant will be 'honored'
  How to reward two Dunkin' Donuts employees who calmly endured a racist rant from a belligerent and foul-mouthed customer? The doughnut chain says it will honor the workers at a company event in Florida, but would say no more. Online supporters are less reticent; they argue the two should receive a monetary reward and are raising money for the two.The issue arose after video of the incident at a ...
  June 13, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Dunkin' Donuts: Workers who endured racist rant will be 'honored'
  How to reward two Dunkin' Donuts employees who calmly endured a racist rant from a belligerent and foul-mouthed customer? The doughnut chain says it will honor the workers at a company event in Florida, but would say no more. Online supporters are less reticent; they argue the two should receive a monetary reward and are raising money for the two.The issue arose after video of the incident at a ...
  June 13, 2013 - NBC NEWS

Quotes

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• Paul Martin in New York Times
  To the reticent nations, including the United States, I say this: There is such a thing as a global conscience,Mr. Martin said. "And now is the time to listen to it."
• Pierre Boivin in Vancouver Sun
  Canadiens president Pierre Boivin told La Presse: "We're not hiding it. We're going through a very difficult economic period. Banks are reticent to finance even very good projects. We see it in real estate. These (BMO) advisers will make sure to...
• Baz Luhrmann in FOXBusiness
  Mr. Luhrmann said, "When Tourism Australia came to us, we were reticent at first because we did not want to confuse the promotion of the film with a tourism campaign. The more we talked, the more I realized that we both had the same aims; to...